Issued Saturday, July 24, 1999 at 4.30am next update 10.30am

Short Forecast from Weather Workshop valid to midnight tonight.

Northland to Taranaki, also for the central plateau, Bay of Plenty and Gisborne: Showers clearing this morning and becoming fine in most places. A few showers may linger about Northland.

Wanganui to Wellington, also Hawkes Bay and Wairarapa: Cloudy skies. A few drizzly showers about Wellington and the east coast this morning. Skies clearing later.

Nelson and Marlborough: Mainly fine. A few showers to coastal Marlborough at first this morning.

South Island west coast: Drizzle developing about Fiordland, elsewhere a mix of cloudy and fine weather.

Canterbury, Otago and Southland: Low cloud and drizzle patches about the east coast otherwise fine.

Chatham Islands: Showers.

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